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host: do you think grover norquist has heard those comments before? caller: i think he has from many people. what i fear in this country. i feel what the american people are experiencing right now is a 1% of the country. my fear is that the republicans are privatizing things in the country now. it means that the public did not have the ability to see who is running these entities and how they are getting paid people are paid, it is usually elected positions. we can go in there, see the books. don't like the job they are doing, we cannot elect them again. host: we have who do you think you are, privatization. guest: susan, you may not have been listening to the previous few minutes of the show when you said i ask officials to take a pledge to me. i'll say it again slowly. a pledge elected officials sign saying i commit that i will not raise the taxes. it is a commitment to the people of their state it is not a pledge to me. whether you are not hearing it correctly or you you are making it up to try to make a political point, it's kind of silly here's w
host: do you think grover norquist has heard those comments before? caller: i think he has from many people. what i fear in this country. i feel what the american people are experiencing right now is a 1% of the country. my fear is that the republicans are privatizing things in the country now. it means that the public did not have the ability to see who is running these entities and how they are getting paid people are paid, it is usually elected positions. we can go in there, see the books....
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in recent years, the argument greatvived a bit by that conservative mischief maker grover norquist for the same reason. i think generally that is true, but something you have to bear in mind is whether the voter casting his ballot would have the same mind in casting the ballot for the president. if you assume an identity, then you will get this conservative result of the presidency. i'm not sure in the long run that would be the case. i think people feel differently when they elect presidents. there's no way of guaranteeing the popular vote winner would be the electoral vote winner because of the anomaly in the distribution of electoral votes. i think we have time for one final question. >> my name is eli and i'm an associate professor at college of the redwoods. , wepoint i wanted to make have been encouraging democracy around the world, and as a result of encouraging democracy we've had themd, end up having voting, but if we tell them you should set up some kind of system like an electoral college, or you set up a democracy, but if they end up setting something like an electoral coll
in recent years, the argument greatvived a bit by that conservative mischief maker grover norquist for the same reason. i think generally that is true, but something you have to bear in mind is whether the voter casting his ballot would have the same mind in casting the ballot for the president. if you assume an identity, then you will get this conservative result of the presidency. i'm not sure in the long run that would be the case. i think people feel differently when they elect presidents....
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chamber, grover norquist who you pledge your support to, will jump out and immediately say, you're raising taxes. six year fls now, someone will be sitting in this chair and accuse you of raising taxes by closing those lap hole -- loopholes. you'll say, paul sadler told me that's true. if you close loopholes and remove deductions you're raising taxes. >> go ahead and respond. >> i think mr. sadler and i have different definitions of raising taxes. if you eliminate loopholes and don't lower rates, that is raising taxes. but if you eliminate loopholes and lower rates so that the tax rates are not going up, that's not raising taxes but you look historically, every time that's been done, revenue goes up. i am all for increasing revenue through growth. through helping, if small businesses are doing better, if more people have jobs that are producing more, tax revenue goes up but not through jacking up rates but helping small businesses and entrepreneurs create more economic growth. >> every time you take away someone's exemption and they're paying a tax they didn't pay before, they'll say you r
chamber, grover norquist who you pledge your support to, will jump out and immediately say, you're raising taxes. six year fls now, someone will be sitting in this chair and accuse you of raising taxes by closing those lap hole -- loopholes. you'll say, paul sadler told me that's true. if you close loopholes and remove deductions you're raising taxes. >> go ahead and respond. >> i think mr. sadler and i have different definitions of raising taxes. if you eliminate loopholes and...
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grover norquist, a very conservative economist, said it would add billions of dollars billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars to our economy. it would increase jobs, not dee crease -- decrease them but increase jobs. i wish the speaker of the house had allowed it to come to a vote over in the other body. it would have passed. but that's not an issue for you. the issue is are you qualified to be attorney general. i've seen a lot of attorneys general in the -- going on to my 41st year. some were very good in both parties. i think i've had levy in jerry ford's administration. others i remember one that all my republican colleagues voted for. when he was here before this committee and asked questions we'd give him questions in advance and he answered, i don't know the answer or i'm not sure, i can't answer that, even though he'd had the questions weeks in advance. they voted for him. i must say that i cannot think of anybody in all these years i've been here who has struck me so much as being qualified to be attorney general as yourself. you're a prosecutor's prosecutor. i think
grover norquist, a very conservative economist, said it would add billions of dollars billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars to our economy. it would increase jobs, not dee crease -- decrease them but increase jobs. i wish the speaker of the house had allowed it to come to a vote over in the other body. it would have passed. but that's not an issue for you. the issue is are you qualified to be attorney general. i've seen a lot of attorneys general in the -- going on to my 41st...
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you need to be associate with grover norquist if you want to have a successful election. thank you for the work that you do. guest: thank you for your families service and your profession. i realize i was in a parallel universe here when i was first elected in washington 10 years ago when a democratic member announced that accountants were crooks. i do not think that accountants are crooks. i think they serve a vital function. as a realistic attorney i would not do anything without needing a -- real-estate attorney, i would not do anything without meeting with an accountant two sons of mine served in iraq. i appreciate your son serving. i know the key attacks of 9/11 originated from caves in afghanistan. i give president obama credit. he provided for a surge of troops. he was right. that is how we can stabilize that country. we cannot allow safe havens for terrorism anywhere in the world. these people have every intent to destroy every american. maybe first destroy every israeli. we must take positive steps. the american military can do it. i can remember prime minister t
you need to be associate with grover norquist if you want to have a successful election. thank you for the work that you do. guest: thank you for your families service and your profession. i realize i was in a parallel universe here when i was first elected in washington 10 years ago when a democratic member announced that accountants were crooks. i do not think that accountants are crooks. i think they serve a vital function. as a realistic attorney i would not do anything without needing a --...
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but i think that there is one other force that not a lot of people are looking at, is grover norquist has been pushing many years for trying to take the money out of the social security system and use it in the general fund and he's pushed the republican party so far right that i don't think you're going to get a credible candidate. i think the only credible candidate they've had so far was -- i can't think of his name right now. guest: bob, it's early and i appreciate your call. let me just say, you're citing a very good example. i don't believe i cited it in my book but when you have someone as strong as grover norquist and americans for tax reform saying that any republican who wants to raise taxes or even lower rates and get rid of deductions is "a tax raiser" and should be opposed, it makes it very difficult to produce consensus to achieve a balanced budget so i think your comments are exactly right about money. i think sadly you're right about what the impact of what grover norquist has done and it makes the system that much more difficult and puts us more at risk. so i agree. h
but i think that there is one other force that not a lot of people are looking at, is grover norquist has been pushing many years for trying to take the money out of the social security system and use it in the general fund and he's pushed the republican party so far right that i don't think you're going to get a credible candidate. i think the only credible candidate they've had so far was -- i can't think of his name right now. guest: bob, it's early and i appreciate your call. let me just...
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george bush came here in 1999 and gave a speech attacking grover norquist, which i loved. he gave that kind of speech. cycles, theyle of have not been giving those speeches. my impression is the only person doing that is marco rubio right now. >> of the imaginable candidates, that is probably true. of it is there are more ideas out there. in a sense, the policy vacuum on the right itself has been the fault for a long time of people like us. i think that is less true now because some of the work has been done. some of the thinking has been done, and the working out of what it looks like as a political agenda has been done. the idea that if those things , ast, they are on the ground politician should think at this point of speech i should say something about what i am going to do. we cannot think of ourselves as being on the cutting-edge of anything. i mean, look at us. but that is a way we can be useful. well, some of us. look at me. i think the ways in which people who think about policy can be helpful is by preparing the ground, making sure those ideas are out there and t
george bush came here in 1999 and gave a speech attacking grover norquist, which i loved. he gave that kind of speech. cycles, theyle of have not been giving those speeches. my impression is the only person doing that is marco rubio right now. >> of the imaginable candidates, that is probably true. of it is there are more ideas out there. in a sense, the policy vacuum on the right itself has been the fault for a long time of people like us. i think that is less true now because some of...
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the moderators will be grover norquist and tucker carlson. what live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the supreme court airing today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> the interior department building was giving the name of former interior department's secretary stewart udall. speakers at the ceremony include the parent interior secretary ken salazar and severaludall -- and several udall family members. this is one hour and 30 minutes. >> the it is and gentlemen, please stand for the color guard and remained standing for the national anthem. [national anthem ] >> please welcome mr. robert stanton, senior adviser to the secretary of the interior, ken salazar. >> good morning. secretary salazar, distinguished members of the united states congress, honored members of the udall family, friends all. i am pleased to serve as your moderator for today's ceremony and to welcome you on behalf of secretary salazar and the men and women of the u.s. departmen
the moderators will be grover norquist and tucker carlson. what live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> the supreme court airing today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c- span. >> the interior department building was giving the name of former interior department's secretary stewart udall. speakers at the ceremony include the parent interior secretary ken salazar and...
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host: grover norquist, president americans for tax reform. what was your message yesterday? guest: i asked michelle bachmann to speak. we had a disssion certainly people from boehner's office and mcconnell's office came by to talk about the various proposals back and forth. people don't want tax increases, they do want spending restrain. negotiations are a little built of a black box. host: what do you think of mcconnell's proposal? guest: it's an interesng thing that brings us back to something people don't understand. the government has passed the budget. that's the one that says on taxes, they will take the top rate to 25%. at the spending level, it takes $6 trillion of additional spending. takes $6 trillion off the table and puts us on a path of a government that's smaller as a percentage of the economy. obama to date has taken us to historical levels up to 25. the democrats have gone two and three years without passing a budget. democrats didn't do a budget this year or last year. what mitch mcconnell has asked is for the president to actually put in writing what his sp
host: grover norquist, president americans for tax reform. what was your message yesterday? guest: i asked michelle bachmann to speak. we had a disssion certainly people from boehner's office and mcconnell's office came by to talk about the various proposals back and forth. people don't want tax increases, they do want spending restrain. negotiations are a little built of a black box. host: what do you think of mcconnell's proposal? guest: it's an interesng thing that brings us back to...
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chamber, grover norquist who you pledge your support to, will jump out and immediately say, you're raising taxes. six year fls now, someone will be sitting in this chair and accuse you of raising taxes by closing those lap hole -- loopholes. you'll say, paul sadler told me that's true. if you close loopholes and remove deductions you're raising taxes. >> go ahead and respond. >> i think mr. sadler and i have different definitions of raising taxes. if you eliminate loopholes and don't lower rates, that is raising taxes. but if you eliminate loopholes and lower rates so that the tax rates are not going up, that's not raising taxes but you look historically, every time that's been done, revenue goes up. i am all for increasing revenue through growth. through helping, if small businesses are doing better, if more people have jobs that are producing more, tax revenue goes up but not through jacking up rates but helping small businesses and entrepreneurs create more economic growth. >> every time you take away someone's exemption and they're paying a tax they didn't pay before, they'll say you r
chamber, grover norquist who you pledge your support to, will jump out and immediately say, you're raising taxes. six year fls now, someone will be sitting in this chair and accuse you of raising taxes by closing those lap hole -- loopholes. you'll say, paul sadler told me that's true. if you close loopholes and remove deductions you're raising taxes. >> go ahead and respond. >> i think mr. sadler and i have different definitions of raising taxes. if you eliminate loopholes and...
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this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> we are delighted to have grover norquist with us. of course, he is president of americans for tax reform but in the spirit of full disclosure, he is also a member of our board of directors and a very important colleague. grover spoke here several months ago, i should say here at the center, but not in this room because we moved -- there may be some glitches, so i apologize in advance. i am sure we will do better next time. however, grover talked about taxes, u.s. economic policy. but that was about taxes and the electoral campaign. now we had elections and the taxes are at the center of a very important political debate and at the center of negotiations between the obama administration and congress, particularly the republican controlled house. as i watched the president during his recent press conference and listened to leaders of the house, i think everybody agrees it would be highly desirable to reach a compromise. they also agree the elections provided a mandate. the president seems to think that he is the one who got the mandate
this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> we are delighted to have grover norquist with us. of course, he is president of americans for tax reform but in the spirit of full disclosure, he is also a member of our board of directors and a very important colleague. grover spoke here several months ago, i should say here at the center, but not in this room because we moved -- there may be some glitches, so i apologize in advance. i am sure we will do better next time. however, grover talked about...
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rick perry, mike huckabee, rand paul, grover norquist. then carson tomorrow. progressives, we want to hear from you. (202) 585-3880. in the mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 585-3881. .ocial media, @cspanwj e-mail to general at c-span.org as well. we will be right back to take those calls. ♪ we do not have a criminal investigation role. we have an enforcement role. securitieshe federal laws, making sure wall street abides by the rules. we also write the rules for wall street. we do not have the criminal authority. we have the power to bring the approval of our commission, civil fraud action and negligence actions against those who violate federal securities laws. we cannot send anybody to jail but we can assess civil buildings. our level of penalties is not as high as we would like. there is some legislation in congress to give us the ability to assess higher penalties. we can require those to disgorge their ill-gotten gains, the profits from their wrongdoing. we have the power to bar somebody from the securities industry so that they cannot live anothe
rick perry, mike huckabee, rand paul, grover norquist. then carson tomorrow. progressives, we want to hear from you. (202) 585-3880. in the mountain and pacific time zones, (202) 585-3881. .ocial media, @cspanwj e-mail to general at c-span.org as well. we will be right back to take those calls. ♪ we do not have a criminal investigation role. we have an enforcement role. securitieshe federal laws, making sure wall street abides by the rules. we also write the rules for wall street. we do not...
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john is a little bit >> thursday, grover norquist discusses how the republicans are negotiating the fiscal cliff. then, the potential impact of the fiscal cliff on medicare. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> and the white house was very controversial, as most things in america were. there was competition. was not going to have a palace. in 1821, a european diplomat told the congress it was neither large nor odd-inspiring. the answer, the congressman said, the building's purpose. if it were larger and more elegant, perhaps a president would be inclined to become its permanent resident. >> a few of her favorite white house photos. what sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. eastern and pacific on c-span 3. >> strangle me, take things from me, hit on me. >> he is on that bus. i have been on that bus. they are as good as gold. >> all of us are starting to see people coming out and talking about their experience of this phenomenon that so many of us have experienced in one way or another. otherave had no words for than growing up. people are finally starting to stand back and say, this is not a nor
john is a little bit >> thursday, grover norquist discusses how the republicans are negotiating the fiscal cliff. then, the potential impact of the fiscal cliff on medicare. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> and the white house was very controversial, as most things in america were. there was competition. was not going to have a palace. in 1821, a european diplomat told the congress it was neither large nor odd-inspiring. the answer, the congressman said, the building's...
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nor would they agree to grover nor quist-style no new immigration -- grover norquist-style no new immigration pledge. how can we craft meaningful solutions to farmers and agriculture workers, for dreamers who were brought here as children or for those families with loved ones waiting abroad in decades long queues? this bill is designed to reduce legal immigration. taking 55,000 green cards from one category and putting them in another may seem like another trade, but it is not if the new category is drafted to ensure that green cards go unused. according to the national science foundation, american universities currently graduate about 30,000 foreign students with degrees that would qualify them with green cards under this bill. assuming every single one of them wanted to stay and could find an employer willing to offer them a permanent job, which is certainly not the case, that would still leave 25,000 green cards unused. this bill shamefully prevents those green cards from being used to help other employment and family-based immigrants suffering. i would note those who had their labor certi
nor would they agree to grover nor quist-style no new immigration -- grover norquist-style no new immigration pledge. how can we craft meaningful solutions to farmers and agriculture workers, for dreamers who were brought here as children or for those families with loved ones waiting abroad in decades long queues? this bill is designed to reduce legal immigration. taking 55,000 green cards from one category and putting them in another may seem like another trade, but it is not if the new...
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i mean you got to admit, their objective of delivering on a government the dream of grover norquist so call that you can drown it in a bathtub has kind of a depressive effect on investment and the economy. cutting investment, education, lost jobs, hasn't created jobs. cutting investment in infrastructure, 28% unemployment, construction, l.i. trades, small business that is provide the work and equipment all private sector jobs, not too good. so their pew suit of these -- pursuit of these goals so far this year has had a bit of depressive and negative effect on the economy. but to congrat late the republican leaders finally they have turned to creating jobs this week. three trade agreements. now, these are kind of musty, dusty trade agreements. they were negotiated by the bush administration. unfortunately they have been adopted by the obama administration. nothing ever changes down at the trade representative's office. doesn't matter who is in charge. ronald reagan, bill clinton, george bush, barack obama, people in the trade office push the same policy. so these are job creating trade
i mean you got to admit, their objective of delivering on a government the dream of grover norquist so call that you can drown it in a bathtub has kind of a depressive effect on investment and the economy. cutting investment, education, lost jobs, hasn't created jobs. cutting investment in infrastructure, 28% unemployment, construction, l.i. trades, small business that is provide the work and equipment all private sector jobs, not too good. so their pew suit of these -- pursuit of these goals...
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instead of signing a pledge with grover norquist, they should sign a pledge to the middle-class people saying we are going to level the playing field and give you a chance. what we are going to do, on education we are going to continue to fund and fund education. we are going to maintain the tax cuts to get your kids to college. we are going to recruit 100,000 math and science teachers so we can remain the best in the world. we insist on higher standards. my mother used to say children tepid to become what you expect from them. we expect a lot from our children, and they should expect a lot from us. [applause] second, on jobs we are going to create a million new manufacturing jobs. how? stop giving tax breaks that go overseas, and instead give tax breaks to companies who stay home creating jobs here. there are over 600,000 high tech manufacturing jobs without the skills available. that is why we tied it to the community college. you walk out of community college with a good paying job. we have cut more than any administration has in years. it is all of the above, coal, renewable resour
instead of signing a pledge with grover norquist, they should sign a pledge to the middle-class people saying we are going to level the playing field and give you a chance. what we are going to do, on education we are going to continue to fund and fund education. we are going to maintain the tax cuts to get your kids to college. we are going to recruit 100,000 math and science teachers so we can remain the best in the world. we insist on higher standards. my mother used to say children tepid to...
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it says that grover norquist, leader of of americans for tax reform, could see him as a white house chief of staff for a vice- president. ron paul is expected to announce today the creation of a presidential exploratory committee. this could trump those who have not made a decision whether to run. and they notably talk about mixed daniels, the governor from indiana. other politicians news. here is a new poll about donald trump running for president. he is fired up but he likely will not be hired. broad resistance, 63% of americans, including 43% of republicans saying they would not vote for trump for president. in the same poll, 38% say that obama was definitely born in the u.s.. 15% say that he was probably born in another country. 9% say that he was definitely born elsewhere. manhattan, credit is a democrat. what is the role of whistleblowers? caller: if you are a diplomat and you are with your counterpart and you have been given the mission and the person you're talking to tends to be a nincompoop or is not getting what you're getting at, sometimes you have to appeal to their vanity, o
it says that grover norquist, leader of of americans for tax reform, could see him as a white house chief of staff for a vice- president. ron paul is expected to announce today the creation of a presidential exploratory committee. this could trump those who have not made a decision whether to run. and they notably talk about mixed daniels, the governor from indiana. other politicians news. here is a new poll about donald trump running for president. he is fired up but he likely will not be...
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he took the grover norquist pledge. he did all the things that were required of a potential republican nominee. but in each of those steps, he made it harder for him to win a general election. and he brought to this some strengths. the other thing that will the president four years ago was that romney was the likely nominee because i believe in the theory of opposites. whoever the incumbent is, people are looking for the brevity, not the replica. and romney would represent a stark difference from obama, a businessman, grounded, not a visionary, not an order for. >> so you thought he would be the nominee. you thought that through the whole entire primary process? >> i had a few moments of doubt, as i suspect he may have. but he got to those moments was to do what i said, to move to the right. with each step, i think he made himself more vulnerable. in the abstract, his profile as a businessman will stay positive, even until the final day. it was the concept of a businessman who knows how to create jobs and so on. that wa
he took the grover norquist pledge. he did all the things that were required of a potential republican nominee. but in each of those steps, he made it harder for him to win a general election. and he brought to this some strengths. the other thing that will the president four years ago was that romney was the likely nominee because i believe in the theory of opposites. whoever the incumbent is, people are looking for the brevity, not the replica. and romney would represent a stark difference...
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walker, please talk about the grover norquist pleiads. guest: the only pledge that people ought to make it to the united states of america. there should not be any special interest pledge. i think that anybody who is taking those pledges should resent those pledges. in many cases, those pledges were taken back in 1998, 1999, 2000. would we have surpluses. we are in a very different situation. it is not just the right. it is also the left. the left is in denial about the need to reform social insurance programs to make them affordable and sustainable. we will have to do things on both sides of the ledger. we better start soon. host: a democrat with david walker who is in new york. good morning. caller: this is my first time calling, so i am a little nervous. what i wanted to say basically was the problem with everything is we cannot have a one size fits all approach. you know, you have one side saying we have to raise taxes. you have the other side saying, we have to spend. the problem is, we are not punishing these guys for the failures t
walker, please talk about the grover norquist pleiads. guest: the only pledge that people ought to make it to the united states of america. there should not be any special interest pledge. i think that anybody who is taking those pledges should resent those pledges. in many cases, those pledges were taken back in 1998, 1999, 2000. would we have surpluses. we are in a very different situation. it is not just the right. it is also the left. the left is in denial about the need to reform social...
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[laughter] grover norquist has people in thrall. that means your mind has been captured. you are in bondage with your soul. he said his hero was ronald reagan. i said that he raised taxes 11 times in a years. he said he did not like that. i said why do you think he did it? i said he probably did it to make the country run. let's just look at the aarp. that ad is teh most disgusting ad i have ever seen. i do not know what those people got paid. they say they are 50 million watching and they vote. that is an ugly thing. wouldremember what aarp do. let me tell you what will happen with their view of the world which would be to do nothing to restore the solvency of social security. in 2026, you get a check for 23% less. then i hope that they will remember the aarp. i certainly will and a lot of the young people will. it is a tough job. you are going to have to do it. people are going to put a lot of heat on you. the market will call the shots. interest rates will go up. inflation will go up with the failure. the little guy will get hurt. that will be in politics, there are no
[laughter] grover norquist has people in thrall. that means your mind has been captured. you are in bondage with your soul. he said his hero was ronald reagan. i said that he raised taxes 11 times in a years. he said he did not like that. i said why do you think he did it? i said he probably did it to make the country run. let's just look at the aarp. that ad is teh most disgusting ad i have ever seen. i do not know what those people got paid. they say they are 50 million watching and they...
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but republicans come acustar talking about a tax of any kind, and you have grover norquist signing a pledge and we will not let you get away with this, but the reality is there are no easy answers. we need more revenue, we need to look at these entitlements, and it will have to be a shared sacrifice. and it will not be a small hair cut. people will have to make tough decisions. they will not be popular. members are not going to be reelected. but i am out of office now. it is alarming how this deficit has grown, the fact that money is so cheap right now, we can borrow and we do not seem to see it in our present accounts, but we know that when the interest rates go out, it will start out a lot of other programs in government. -- when interest rates go up, it will starve out a lot of other programs and governments. if you are not taxing me, i do not care where you get the money, and it does not surprise me that that polls well. but i do not know that it moves a lot of voters, being against the bridge. the top 1% pay 38% of the income tax, and 10% pay over 70%. i do not know what the rig
but republicans come acustar talking about a tax of any kind, and you have grover norquist signing a pledge and we will not let you get away with this, but the reality is there are no easy answers. we need more revenue, we need to look at these entitlements, and it will have to be a shared sacrifice. and it will not be a small hair cut. people will have to make tough decisions. they will not be popular. members are not going to be reelected. but i am out of office now. it is alarming how this...
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even grover norquist said ted cruz has, and i quote, pushed house republican into traffic and wandered away. 18 house republicans have publicly stated they would support a clean c.r. let's end the g.o.p. shutdown. let's bring sanity back to congress and pass a clean c.r. that will put americans back to work and restore funding to the countless programs that they rely on. thank you and i yield back to the gentleman. mr. pocan: you menged that 18 times the senate has tried to find resolution to having a budget in this country. there are a number of us who serve on the budget committee, including someone who will speak in a little bit, representative jeffries, for six months we've been asking for leadership to appoint conferees to we could do that. do you remember when the republicans finally proposed a conference committee. mr. takano: the gentleman has of lp me, i'm not aware this happening. mr. pocan: i believe it was 20 minutes to or quarter to midnight before the government shut down. mr. takano: i do remember this now. because i was here that time of night. i do remember that becaus
even grover norquist said ted cruz has, and i quote, pushed house republican into traffic and wandered away. 18 house republicans have publicly stated they would support a clean c.r. let's end the g.o.p. shutdown. let's bring sanity back to congress and pass a clean c.r. that will put americans back to work and restore funding to the countless programs that they rely on. thank you and i yield back to the gentleman. mr. pocan: you menged that 18 times the senate has tried to find resolution to...
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norquist -- i think that's the analogy that he used. if you did that, where would america be? where -- who would be -- how would we have built the interstate highway system? ms. schakowsky: that was eisenhower, wasn't it? mr. johnson: republican, by the way. 1958 i believe it was, decided that this country needed an interstate highway system. . where would we be if we had not commit the dollars to get that done? when we did that it was in the future prosperity of this nation, to link cities, towns, states with a way -- a mode of transportation. they did that in the 1800's with the railroad system. another situation where the federal government supplied the seed money and gave away the land to help it become a profitable industry. ms. schakowsky: along rail lines, highways, that's the engine of commerce. that keeps not only our wheels turning, the stores. everything going. mr. johnson: that's what it's all about. government is the entity that primes the economic pump through which prosperity then flows. and so we are now at a point, thou
norquist -- i think that's the analogy that he used. if you did that, where would america be? where -- who would be -- how would we have built the interstate highway system? ms. schakowsky: that was eisenhower, wasn't it? mr. johnson: republican, by the way. 1958 i believe it was, decided that this country needed an interstate highway system. . where would we be if we had not commit the dollars to get that done? when we did that it was in the future prosperity of this nation, to link cities,...
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. >> dick armey, grover norquist is famously said that his dream is to make government so small we can drown it in a bathtub. do you agree with that? >> lewis said that? -- lewis said that? -- who said that? if you read milton friedman, if you read "the wealth of nations," if you read von meeses, government is more than a necessary evil. every serious scholar, including those scholars who wrote our constitution understood there are essential tasks that must be carried out by the government and they must be carried out well. the question of how big should be the government, relative to the rest of the economy is being debated across the globe now, and i don't mind telling you, that terms of the debate are couched in an languages i do not even understand. how big should the government be? a big enough to do its essential tasks and smart enough to do them well and disciplined enough and restraint and not to stay out of things that are not their business, whether they are -- build roads, build schools. the productivity of public infrastructure, it lends to the private sector. there are som
. >> dick armey, grover norquist is famously said that his dream is to make government so small we can drown it in a bathtub. do you agree with that? >> lewis said that? -- lewis said that? -- who said that? if you read milton friedman, if you read "the wealth of nations," if you read von meeses, government is more than a necessary evil. every serious scholar, including those scholars who wrote our constitution understood there are essential tasks that must be carried out...
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by the grover norquist tea party republicans. you see, there is no fiscal emergency but the fiscal crisis has been manufactured by the tea partyiers along with grover norquist and the republicans that represent them for the purposes of tricking the american people into thinking that america can't pay its bills . we paid our debts, we can pay our debts and we'll continue to pay our debts. just like families of america who incur debt as a normal course of taking care of their families, we've heard a lot of analogies to the federal government should balance its budget like a family, but how many 99ers, how many families do you know that can go out and purchase a car for cash? how many of those 99ers, how many of those families out there working can afford to pay for a house cash? everybody out there incurs debt for legitimate expenses and this nation has legitimate expenses that it has to pay debts for. like two wars, like a medicare part d supplement, like the bush tax cuts that they don't want to expire. so what they're doing, lad
by the grover norquist tea party republicans. you see, there is no fiscal emergency but the fiscal crisis has been manufactured by the tea partyiers along with grover norquist and the republicans that represent them for the purposes of tricking the american people into thinking that america can't pay its bills . we paid our debts, we can pay our debts and we'll continue to pay our debts. just like families of america who incur debt as a normal course of taking care of their families, we've...